WVCA Vice President Chris Hamilton and FOC spokesman Don Nehlen were the guest speekers at the Holmes Safety Awards dinner last Saturday evening in Wheeling at Oglebay Resort and ConferenceCenter. A number of WVCA members received safety awards from the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association.
The following is a list of ALL recipients:
The “West Virginia Innovative Mine Safety Technology Tax Credit Act” established during the 2011 regular legislative session is now operative and a tax credit for qualifying, new mine safety technologies is available.
A copy of the application form, implementing rules and the list of qualifying mine safety technologies is available from WVCA. The list, published by the WV Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training, contains the following three (3) items qualifying for the credit at the current time: (1) MSHA approved Proximity Detectors; (2) TTE Mine Communications System; and, (3) PDM – Personal Dust Monitors.
The Friends of Coal Ladies Auxiliary has a new web site and they are asking that you visit the new web site www.friendsofcoalladies.com as many times as you can. For each time you visit, the web site moves up so when you type "coal" into your search engine the web site will be one of the top listed in your search. The site also hosts a full store for purchase of FOC items and wearing apparel.
The Association is proud to welcome four new members this week, including ARJ Construction Company, Inc., Lawrence Ickes as representative; IronPlanet, Chris Owens as their representative; Rajkovich, Williams, Kilpatrick & True, PLLC with Todd C. Myers; and, Mike Chasteen will represent Westech, Inc. We look forward to a long and beneficial relationship.
The West Virginia Coal Forum will host three forums acrossWest Virginia featuring Congresswoman Shelley Moore Capito, Congressman Nick Joe Rahall, Congressman David McKinley, UMWA President Cecil Roberts and others to discuss EPA’s War on Coal and, specifically, the agency’s greenhouse gas and Utility MACT proposed rules.
The meetings will be held per the following:
May 22 – Charleston’s Embassy Suites Hotel – 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. featuring Congresswoman Capito and UMWA President Roberts
May 23 – Wheeling’s Oglebay Resort – 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. featuring Congressman McKinley
May 24 – Beckley’s Country Inn & Suites/Mountaineer ConferenceCenter – 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. featuring Congressman Rahall.
Senator Manchin will have a representative at each meeting.
Please confirm your attendance at one or all of the events by e-mailing your name, title, organization and the event you plan to attend to rsvp@wvcoalforum.org.